Moses stonehill and moses kilsheimee



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M. STONEHILL & M. KILSHEIMER.

METHOD OF MAKING DRESS ARMPIT SHIELDS. N0. 359,038. Patented Mar. 8, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MOSES STONEHILL AND MOSES KILSHEIMER, OF NEWV YORK, N. Y.

METHOD OF MAKING DRESS ARMPlT-SHIELDS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 359,038, dated March 8. 1887.

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To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that We, MosEs STONEHILL' and Moses KILSHEIMER, both of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Method of Making Dress- Shields,'of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Our invention relates to improvements in dress-shields; and it consists in the method of making the same, all as hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification,

in which similar letters of reference indicate.

corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a perspective view of our improved dress-shield. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same on the line a: m, Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a face view of one of the blanks for making the shield.

The shield-is formed of two blanks, A, each of which is composed of two semicircular pieces, B, of stockinet, which are seamed or sewed together at their straight edges by means of a looping or glove-stitch machine,the edges abutting against each other,whereby an invisible seam is made. The two blanks are then united by means of rubber cement or like adhesive moisture-proof material spread between them. The shield is then folded and placed upon a mold and shrunk so as to form the concave top edge,as shown.

As the blanks of the shield are made of two pieces each, which are united at that part of the shield where the greatest shrinkage takes place, we find the shield can be shrunk better than when made of blanks formed of continuous pieces.

We can utilize all remnants and larger scraps of stockinet in the manufacture of our improved shields,and thus the cost of the same is reduced very much.

The shield fits well and is impervious to moisture.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The method herein described of making armpit dress-shields, which consists in securing two pieces of stockinet or knitted fabric together at one edge by loopstitches to form an elastic joint or seam, then placing two of such united pieces face to face with an interposed layer of waterproof cement, then folding the united pieces along the seam, and finally shaping and finishing the same, as set forth.

MOSES STONEHILL. MOSES KILSHEIMER.

\Vitnesses:

EDGAR TATE, EDWARD M. CLARK. 

